Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to announce a small business tax cut today, lowering it to 9%. Is this going to easecriticism over the government’s proposal to cut tax loopholes for businesses?

Guest - Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University

College faculty have rejected a final offer that was presented by the union and are now on strike. What is the latest?

Kevin MacKay, member of the college faculty bargaining team, sociology professor at Mohawk Colelge and the vice chair of divisional executive for the college faculty

What is the latest with the LRT project? It’s been two months since the City has asked the province to allow our local transit agency to run the LRT system but there’s been no word. Should there be concern?

Guest - Fred Eisenberger, Mayor for the City of Hamilton

With how long Joshua Boyle and his family were in captivity in Pakistan, should Canada have helped more? Are travel advisories enough to deter people wanting to go to dangerous places?

Guest - John Thompson. Security Consultant, Strategic Intelligence Group

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. BRA day was held at Juravinski to show the real results of reconstrauction and connects women who have gone through or may have to go through reconstruction.

Guest - Lorraine Sommerfeld, Auto Writer with Post Media, Motherlode column in the Hamilton Spec and Host of the Lemon Aid Car Show on RogersTV

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to announce a small business tax cut today, lowering it to 9%. Is this going to easecriticism over the government’s proposal to cut tax loopholes for businesses?

Guest - Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University

College faculty have rejected a final offer that was presented by the union and are now on strike. What is the latest?

Kevin MacKay, member of the college faculty bargaining team, sociology professor at Mohawk Colelge and the vice chair of divisional executive for the college faculty

A lecture last night at McMaster University Medical Centre went over how to handle the opioid crisis.

How often do people recover from these types of addictions? What can be done to help?

Guest: Dr. James McKillop, a professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences for McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and the director of the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research of St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University

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The federal government is facing criticism for a questionnaire that was used by RCMP for screening that asks those seeking asylum how they feel about issues specific to Muslims.

Guest: Joel Sandaluk, partner at Mamann, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP

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A Hamilton trustee has blasted the use of iPads as “toys” in the classroom. The board is planning on reassessing. What are the next steps?

Guest: Jeff Beattie, Trustee for Wards 9 & 10, Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Policy Committee for the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board

Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife and children were rescued yesterday in Pakistan. They had been kidnapped by a group linked to the Taliban while backpacking in Afghanistan back in 2012.

What do we know so far?

Guest: Ross McLean, crime specialist and security expert, former Toronto police officer, rossmcleansecurity.com

(Photo: Bill Gorman/The Canadian Press)

The federal government is facing criticism for a questionnaire that was used by RCMP for screening that asks those seeking asylum how they feel about issues specific to Muslims.

Guest: Joel Sandaluk, partner at Mamann, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP

(Photo: Charles Krupa/The Canadian Press/AP)